48 min
Episode 51: No Period, No Problem for the Gymnast? Not Quite The Gymnast Nutritionist® Podcast
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- Nutrition
One of the biggest myths in the gymnastics world is that it's "normal" for a gymnast to not get their period or to lose it...All the time parents are told things like: “Oh it’s normal for a gymnast to not have their period, they just workout too much” “She may need to quit gymnastics to get her period”“It would be better for her to not have her period until after the Olympics”All of these couldn't be further from the truth. A female's period is what is called the "fifth v...
One of the biggest myths in the gymnastics world is that it's "normal" for a gymnast to not get their period or to lose it...All the time parents are told things like: “Oh it’s normal for a gymnast to not have their period, they just workout too much” “She may need to quit gymnastics to get her period”“It would be better for her to not have her period until after the Olympics”All of these couldn't be further from the truth. A female's period is what is called the "fifth v...
48 min